Winch n water

Will not be a problem buddy, give it a good spray with inox and it's all good, just do your regular servicing and it wil go forever.
Cheers

I've never tried using an electric winch when it was submerged I thought there would be a good chance of it shorting and if the control box is mounted next to the winch like mine is I definitely couldn't use it. So if I moved the control box to a higher position under the bonnet then the winch is the only submerged item you reckon it would work fine.

There are some winches that claim to be waterproof, if Warn saw the need to waterproof them chances are they would.

If you became submerged I would also worry about the alternator and starter motor...... best thing to do is don't submerge your vehicle and if you do was everything out with heaps of clean running water, it's not the water that kills them; it's the mud and crap.

Most of the Warn winches make no claim to being water proof.....in operation or not.
In fact little or no effort has been made to keep the water out.

So regardless of the winch being run, if it is immersed in water it will need a strip down service. The main problem is not the electrics but the gearbox.

Of course there is nice clean water....and pregressivly dirtier water that becomes mud.....that is much less healthy for ya winch.

So...there you are, up to ya nuts in water or some other slop......are ya just gon'a sit there are are ya gona winch ya self out?.

Either way a strip down service.... soon..., will be required.

cheers

Pretty sure Warn warrenty doesn't cover a failure do to submersion. Might want to do your own research on that and decide if you want to take that risk. There is one brand that I know of that WILL cover submersion.